The French Revolution

An attempt, by a large number of people, to change the government of a country, especially by violent action.

• Revolution

• Monarchy

• Power

• Protest

A system of government by a king or a queen.

• Monarchy

• Democracy

• Autocracy

• Oligarchy

A person who has the legal right to belong to a particular country.

• Citizen

• Civilian

• Prisoner

• King

Large or impressive and usually costing a lot of money.

• Lavish

• Poverty

• Spectacular

• Monarchy

People born in the highest social class, who have special titles

• aristocracy

• democracy

• clergy

• soldiers

Passed down from parents to their child from birth

• hereditary

• democratic

• serfdom

• estate system

A period in the 18th Century when Europeans made significant steps forward in their understanding of Science and reason

• The Enlightenment

• The Crusades

• The French Revolution

• The Industrial Revolution

Who was the King of France at the time of the French Revolution?

• King Louis XVI (16th)

• King Louis XVI (14th)

• King Marcellus XI (6th)

• King Henry VIII (8th)

A time of great danger and difficulty?

• A crisis

• A protest

• A mistake

• A kingdom

To remove a leader or a government from a position of power by force

• Overthrow

• Rebel

• Protest

• Crisis